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Albanese seeks to quell datacentre disquiet as climate expert warns ‘we’ve got one shot to get the rules right’
Anthony Albanese will use Wednesday’s national cabinet meeting to address growing state-level opposition to proposed federal controls on datacentre developments, arguing that a planned new AI approval law will complement rather than override state rules. The push comes as conservative-led governments in Queensland and the Northern Territory resist federal requirements that datacentres be powered by…
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ShinyHunters and ReliaQuest trade blows over claimed breach
The ransomware and extortion group ShinyHunters has claimed cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest as its latest victim, posting screenshots on its leak site purportedly showing access to the company’s Okta identity dashboard. ReliaQuest has pushed back, confirming a social engineering attack occurred but insisting it was contained to briefly exposing a single employee’s identity session, with no…
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Netflix reportedly considers opening its app to other streamers
Netflix has reportedly discussed opening its app to allow subscriptions or content from rival streaming services, according to The New York Times. The talks are said to have focused on Peacock and Fox One, though it remains unclear whether Netflix would sell subscriptions to these services directly or simply incorporate their content into its own…
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Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon price rises in western Europe ‘highest in world’
Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video subscribers in western Europe have faced steeper price rises than customers anywhere else in the world over the past three years, according to research by Ampere Analysis. The finding highlights how the world’s biggest streaming services are increasingly relying on price increases, alongside advertising tiers, to fund content production…
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Nato missile boost for Ukraine, US financial offensive against Iran, Fed chair faces Jackson Hole test
Andy Burnham has pledged British support for Ukraine’s missile ambitions in Kyiv, whilst Washington threatens Iran’s trading partners and new Fed chair Kevin Warsh braces for a critical Jackson Hole address amid inflation fears.
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Royal grocer Waitrose in battle with Burnham ally over £100m taxpayer-backed spa town redevelopment
Waitrose has objected to a £100m redevelopment of Buxton’s Springs shopping centre, joining hundreds of local residents opposing plans by Manchester developer Capital & Centric. The scheme, backed by Labour-run High Peak Borough Council and taxpayer funding, would transform the 1980s shopping centre but cut the town’s main public car park from 431 to 142…
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Twitch and Amazon face legal action over using livestreams to train AI
Amazon and its subsidiary Twitch are facing a class action lawsuit over the use of streamers’ broadcasts to train Amazon’s AI models without explicit permission or compensation. The case, filed by Connecticut-based streamer Warren Pandiscia on behalf of millions of Twitch users, alleges breach of contract and unauthorised commercial exploitation of their work, and seeks…
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I picked Task Manager ‘to see how ready AI is for primetime… or if it would just degrade to slop’ – OG dev talks to The Reg
Dave Plummer, the former Microsoft engineer who wrote the original 1996 Windows Task Manager, has released new versions of the utility for Windows, Mac and Linux, built largely through AI-assisted “vibe coding.” He told The Register the project began as a test of whether AI tools were ready for serious use or would simply produce…
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The best way to test your Dolby Atmos sound system
Testing a newly installed Dolby Atmos sound system properly requires more than just switching it on, as speaker placement and calibration errors are easy to miss without a structured check. Getting this right matters because a poorly tested setup can leave listeners without the full immersive, all-around audio experience that Dolby Atmos is designed to…
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AliExpress accused of fingerprinting shoppers with silent audio trick that also muted a dev’s headphones
Developer Matt Callaghan says he caught AliExpress, part of Alibaba, running hidden audio-based fingerprinting scripts that track visitors even though the sound is silenced to zero gain. He discovered the issue after noticing his Bluetooth headphones kept cutting audio from his phone whenever he opened AliExpress in Firefox or Chrome, tracing the cause to obfuscated…